Umbrella-support



(No Model.)

G. E. BARKER. Umbrella Support.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. BARKER, OFWAVERLY, NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA-SUPPORT;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,521, dated July 27, 1880.

Application filed June 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BARKER, of Waverly, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Umbrella-Holders5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of my improved umbrella-holder,"

and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the clamp.

This invention has relation to improvements in umbrella-holders for vehicles, stands, and other purposes; and it consists in a holder constructed substantially as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a metallic plate secured to a vehicle seat or stand, and having in its end a threaded eye, a, with which the correspond-- ingly-threaded rabbeted end I) of an upright metallic post, B, is engaged. This post has at its upper end a cup or socket, U, of hemispherical form internally,in which snugly fits a ball, I), on the end of an angular metallic arm, E.

The upper portion of the socket O is externally screw-threaded, as shown at c, and the ball D is maintained in the socket U by means of a metallic ring, E, in the nature of a clamp or cap, having a thread upon its inside engagin g the thread of the socket O. This ring has a central portion, 6, corresponding to the contour of the ball, and the arm E extends through the openingof the ring-clamp, as shown. This arm has universal mor ement relative to the shade supported by the said arm is adjustable horizontally in an arc of nearly three hundred (N0 model.)

and sixty degrees andvertically in an arc of one hundred andni'nety degrees, or thereabout the adjustment, when had, being secured by screwing up the clamp-ring E, which, for this purpose, is provided with a milled edge, {1. This operation clamps the ball between the socket and cap. and thus controls arm E.

In order to hold the umbrella handle or staff,

the arm E is provided with a staple, h, to which is pivoted a hinge-plate, h, and two projecting spaced lugs,z' 6, upon its edge opposite to said staple.

The arm E is hollowed out on its bearing- 5 face for the reception of the staff J aforesaid, which is attached to the holder by swinging the hinge-plate over it, engaging the ends of a T-shaped screw, S, with the lugs i i, and

passing it through a perforation in the free end of the hinge-plate, as shown in Fig. 1. A thumb-nut, N, is then applied to the end of screw S with the desired effect. I

I am well aware that umbrella-holders having universal adjustment, according to the position of the sun, are not new, and I therefore make no broad claim to this feature; but

\Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an umbrella-holder,the combination,with

the upright B, having the cup 0 at its upper end, provided with thread 0, of the angular arm E, having the. ball I), the clamp-ring E, having a milled edge, 9, a central concave bearing, 6, and an internal thread, 0, engaging the thread of the cup, and a clamp device on said arm E, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 

